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June 22nd, 2015

If your idea of cooking is more pushing some buttons on the microwave oven, then with this new technology, you may well be on your way to become a gourmet chef.
Behold the next generation microwave, as dev...

The Disney animated feature Lady and the Tramp opened in theaters on June 22, 1955, which makes the movie 60 years old today. How long is that in dog years? Maybe you saw it in theaters; it was re-released every...

Avenger Babies: Nursery Age Of Ultron by Aaron MoralesTensions were running high in the Avengers after school superhero program ever since that metallic baby bot had joined the group. He called himself Ultwon, and they'...

(Image: USA Sevens Rugby)This is Georgia Page, an Australian student who plays rugby for Lindenwood University in Missouri. She’s a tough, savage competitor. She broke her nose during a match against Notre...

Don Featherstone of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, passed away Monday morning, a victim of Lewy body disease. A couple of years ago, we featured Featherstone and his wife Nancy, who wore matching outfits every day for the las...

How do you want to start the day? The best answer is "later." But if you must wake, then there's probably no better sound to stir you than that of a young child giggling. That's why the design firm Ideo developed the Lol...

[https://youtu.be/NJmFrLkc4Y8] (YouTube link)Michael Jackson’s music spanned about 40 years, even though he died at age 50. Acclaimed a cappella group Pentatonix strung a bunch of his hits songs together i...

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Psst, wanna million bucks? Just write the next pop hit! And you don't even have to worry about having some divine inspiration for writing the song because, as it turns out, there's a f...

The Imperial insurance adjustor's not going to like this!
French artist Nicolas Amiard has created a set of composite photographs depicting what would happen if starships from the Star Wars universe crash...

(Channelate/Ryan Hudson)The only thing worse is when dead skeptics surface and try to prove to my customers that I'm a fake. I'll probably just shut down the shop when James Randi passes away.webcomic, C...

The British Isles have a long and storied history with paganism, and even though the zealous religious right of the past didn’t look fondly on the heathen Celts modern Brits embrace their Celtic history with pride....

(Photo: Andreas Kay)This is how Nature says, "Do not touch." In its pupal stage, the Dynastor darius butterfly looks like the rearing head of a snake. If you're searching for a snack and would like to prey...

Finn Man by Donovan AlexFinn had begun his adventuring career as a young boy full of bacon pancakes and bun spanking spirit, but that all changed when he discovered the sword of Castle Graygrab. The sword was full of al...

Laura Cooper is the artist behind the webcomic XP. She also does commissioned art. A side project of hers is Velociprincesses, that is, Disney Princesses reimagined as velociraptors. On the surface, that could be one of...

(Image: ITN)For more than 500 years, the Lithuanian village of Ramygala has been renowned for its goats. They're the prettiest in the land! That's why, every year, the villagers hold a beauty pageant for its caprine maid...

We’ve featured the awesome Star Wars costumes of Julian Checkley before. Now let’s get a load of his Batman! The suit design is from the video game Arkham Originals. Some cool features of the costume:&n...

(Video Link)The bond between mother and child isn't just a human trait, but is common in all types of animals. This video shows that rabbits are absolutely in that category -when this mother bunny sees a snake trying to...

[https://youtu.be/pgAir0ECm-Q]YouTube LinkThis bulldog is a fan of watching videos on the iPad. Who can blame him? But when the fun is over, he's not waiting around for his human to come over and restart...

Photo: Jeff Schultz/Flickr - via Bored Panda
What magical stone is this?! Flickr user Jeff Schultz took a photograph of a Mexican opal that looks like it has a fiery sunset and clouds captured within. Gorg...

Stowaways come in all shapes and sizes. French pilot Romain Jantot did his preflight checklist, but did not specifically scan for flying cats before he took a woman for a ride in his ultralight plane in Kourou, French Gu...

(SMBC Comics/Zach Weinersmith)Human Faire is my favorite event of the year. We get a truly authentic experience of life before the Revolution. My favorite part is the human duplication simulation. And, o...

Sploosh! by Megan LaraArcher would be like any other secret agent without the danger zone, Lana wouldn't last a minute without her man hands, and Pam wouldn't be quite so sassy without the sploosh. Nobody's really sure...

The Aye-ayeIt's a jungle out there for everyone, particularly some of these endearing yet bizarre creatures of the wild. For example, the demonic looking (yet somehow still cute) Aye-aye, a lemur native to Madag...

It's a popular internet joke: the danger of 3d printing is that once you have a 3d printer, you can just print out more 3d printers. This would be a concern to 3d printer manufacturers. But if you've spent some time with...

Dr. Randal S. Olson is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He specializes in artificial intelligence, but is curious in other directions, including marriage. So he charted out the per cap...